Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 08:12 on 29 Jan 2004:

 BF> In north Sweden they are down to -38 C but we have alot warmer,
 BF> only -5 C and one can even here notice that the days are getting
 BF> longer and the snow makes the days bright.

We had three days when the lows were -45 and the highs -38 and when the
temeperature finally rose to -30řC on Wednesday, we were cheering.

My car started and ran well but I had to be sure that the block heater was
plugged in for 3 hours first.  The house literally groaned although its
forced air oil heating system kept us warm enough.

 BF> We have now about 20 cm snow and there are more on the way today.
 BF> My newly installed "mount-heating" (we call it so) is working ok. I
 BF> have a 130 m deep hole and it seems to be enough to heat up the
 BF> house. Not even at -15 C it had to use extra electrical power so
 BF> I'm satisfied. Are you heating your houses with oil or what?

We've had a fair bit of snow but not recently.  During our cold spell we
had heavy ice fog which made driving very treacherous.

From what I could find through Google, it sounds like you've got a
sophisticated heating system.  Is it a closed-loop ground water heatpump
system?

My oil furnace is not particularly innovative although it has pretty
reasonable efficiency.  However, it burned 997 litres of Furnace 50 fuel
oil between December 16 and January 26.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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